James Thorp

For those of a similar name, see James Thorpe (disambiguation).

James S. Thorp was the head of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech.[1]

Along with fellow Virginia Tech professor Arun G. Phadke, Thorp received The Franklin Institute's 2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering [2] for their contributions to the power industry, particularly microprocessor controllers in electric power systems that have significantly decreased the occurrence and duration of power blackouts.[3]

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